reclaim

reclaim
[[t]rɪkle͟ɪm[/t]]
reclaims, reclaiming, reclaimed
1) VERB If you reclaim something that you have lost or that has been taken away from you, you succeed in getting it back.

[V n] In 1986, they got the right to reclaim South African citizenship...

[V n] `I've come to reclaim my property,' she announced to the desk clerk.

2) VERB If you reclaim an amount of money, for example tax that you have paid, you claim it back.

[V n] There are an estimated eight million people currently thought to be eligible to reclaim income tax.

3) VERB When people reclaim land, they make it suitable for a purpose such as farming or building, for example by draining it or by building a barrier against the sea.

[V n] The Netherlands has been reclaiming farmland from water.

[V-ed] ...a scheme to build a residential development on 1,100 acres of reclaimed land in Tokyo Bay.

4) VERB: usu passive If a piece of land that was used for farming or building is reclaimed by a desert, forest, or the sea, it turns back into desert, forest, or sea.

[be V-ed by n] The diamond towns are gradually being reclaimed by the desert...

[be V-ed by n] This method of spraying would allow the land to be reclaimed by the rain forests.

5) VERB If you reclaim a person who has been involved in bad or criminal behaviour, you cause them to stop acting in that way.

[V n] He set out to fight the drug infestation of Omaha by reclaiming a youth from the local gangs.


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  • reclaim — re·claim /ˌrē klām/ vt 1: to make fit or available for human use reclaim ing land that had been strip mined 2 a: to demand the return of by right b: to regain possession of Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law …   Law dictionary

  • Reclaim — Re*claim (r[ e]*kl[=a]m ), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Reclaimed} (r[ e]*kl[=a]md ); p. pr. & vb. n. {Reclaiming}.] [F. r[ e]clamer, L. reclamare, reclamatum, to cry out against; pref. re re + clamare to call or cry aloud. See {Claim}.] 1. To call back …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Reclaim — Re*claim (r[ e]*kl[=a]m ), v. i. 1. To cry out in opposition or contradiction; to exclaim against anything; to contradict; to take exceptions. [1913 Webster] Scripture reclaims, and the whole Catholic church reclaims, and Christian ears would not …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • reclaim — Reclaim, que aucuns escrivent mal Reclain, c est plainte faite à un superieur pour avoir son aide, ou bien plainte judiciaire, tout ainsi qu on dit complainte. Au 4. art. des coustumes de Coulomniers, Et au regard des reclaims des lettres… …   Thresor de la langue françoyse

  • reclaim — [ri klām′] vt. [ME reclaimen < OFr réclamer < L reclamare, to cry out against: see RE & CLAIM] 1. to rescue or bring back (a person or people) from error, vice, etc. to ways of living or thinking regarded as right; reform 2. to make… …   English World dictionary

  • Reclaim — Re*claim , n. The act of reclaiming, or the state of being reclaimed; reclamation; recovery. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Reclaim — Re*claim (r[=e]*kl[=a]m ), v. t. To claim back; to demand the return of as a right; to attempt to recover possession of. [1913 Webster] A tract of land [Holland] snatched from an element perpetually reclaiming its prior occupancy. W. Coxe. [1913… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • reclaim — (v.) c.1300, from O.Fr. reclamer to call back, appeal to (12c.), from L. reclamare cry out against, appeal, from re opposite, against (see RE (Cf. re )) + clamare cry out (see CLAIM (Cf. claim) (v.)). Meaning bring waste land into useful… …   Etymology dictionary

  • reclaim — save, ransom, redeem, deliver, *rescue Analogous words: *renew, restore, renovate: reform, rectify, remedy, *correct, amend Antonyms: abandon Contrasted words: desert, forsake (see ABANDON) …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • reclaim — ► VERB 1) retrieve or recover. 2) bring (waste land or land formerly under water) under cultivation. 3) redeem from a state of vice. ► NOUN ▪ the action of reclaiming or the process of being reclaimed. DERIVATIVES reclamation noun …   English terms dictionary

  • reclaim — An act carried out by a seller who has tendered a live cattle delivery certificate that the assigned buyer has retendered. A seller will do this to collect the retender fee. To reclaim, the original seller establishes a long position in the pit… …   Financial and business terms

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